Strong's Lexicon

H2206

H2206 — זָקָן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewzaqannoun mascOccurrences: 19TWOT: 574a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2206
Word:זָקָן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2204
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:19
Transliteration:zaqan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zaw-kawn'
Meaning:1. the beard (as indicating age)
KJV Renderings:beard.

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זָקָן noun masculine 2Sam 10:5 + and feminine Isa 15:2 + chin, beard (Assyrian zi‡nu , AsrbAnnals iv. 29; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1539], Aramaic דְּקַן, [untranscribed source text 1540]) — absolute ׳ ז Lev 13:20 +; construct זְקַן 2Sam 20:9 +; suffix זְקָנִי Ezra 9:3 זְקָנֶ֑ךָ Lev 19:27; Ezek 5:1 זְקָנוֺ 1Sam 21:14 + 2 t.; זְקַנְכֶם 2Sam 10:5; 1Chr 19:5 זְקָנָם 2Sam 10:4; Lev 21:5 never plural —

1. chin (opposed to ראֹשׁ, top of head) Lev 13:29; Lev 13:30; Lev 14:9 (all P ), 2Sam 20:9; Ezek 5:1 compare also 1Sam 21:14; Ps 133:4 (where however chin as bearded may be meant); chin, or lower jaw, of lion and bear 1Sam 17:35.
2. beard, as growing (צמח) 2Sam 10:5 = 1Chr 19:5 as cut off Isa 7:20 (ספה), Isa 15:2 = Jer 48:37 ( גרע); compare מְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָן Jer 41:5; 2Sam 10:4 ( גלח); שׂער ראשׁי זּזְקָנִי Ezra 9:3 here belongs פאת זקנ(ךׅ Lev 19:27; Lev 21:5 (both H ; opposed to ראשׁ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זקן (h-k)

Leviticus 13:29

KJV: If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
EHCC: a plague upon the head or the beard;

Leviticus 14:1

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
EHCC: ו.9 his hair off his head and his beard

Leviticus 19:27

KJV: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
EHCC: mar the corners of thy beard.

1 Samuel 17:35

KJV: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
EHCC: I caught (him) by his beard,

1 Samuel 21:13

KJV: And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.scrabbled: or, made marks
EHCC: (14). let his spittle fall down upon Ais beard.

1 Samuel 28:10

KJV: And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
EHCC: 4. shaved off the one half of their beards,

1 Samuel 20:9

KJV: And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
EHCC: Joab took Amass by'the beard

1 Chronicles 19:5

KJV: Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
EHCC: until your beards be grown,

Psalms 138:2

KJV: I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
EHCC: that ran down the bearl, (eves

Isaiah 7:20

KJV: In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
EHCC: it shall also consume the beard, ֶ

Isaiah 15:2

KJV: He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
EHCC: every beard cut off. |

Jeremiah 41:5

KJV: That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
EHCC: having their beards shaven, /

Jeremiah 48:37

KJV: For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.clipped: Heb. diminished
EHCC: ומ. every beard clipped:

Ezekiel 6:1

KJV: And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
EHCC: upon thine head and upon thy beard:
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